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Thorncorona | 4 years ago

It seems if Israel is receiving money from the US government and Israel controls the usage of NSO group weapons that are being targeted at the American government then there are problems yea?

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smoldesu|4 years ago

It's a catch-22. Telling other countries not to spy on us while we happily spy on others is a double standard.

refurb|4 years ago

You’re taking this all too literally. It’s politics, it’s all a performance.

When France was “angry” about Australia buying US nuclear subs and canceling their French contract do you really think that was real?

It’s all for show, just like being “angry” at another country spying on you. You do something like “kick out their embassy employees”, then turn around and let new ones come in.

triactual|4 years ago

What alternative do you propose? Give up? Naively hope every other world leaders (all sociopaths by nature, with intelligence agencies managed by yet more sociopaths) will understand and hold up their end of a deal they don’t even know exists? This is geopolitics, you take every advantage you can get, every time, forever. Spying is how you prevent wars by avoiding misunderstandings and miscalculations.

seoaeu|4 years ago

Presumably no bigger problems than arose when the US wiretapped the Israeli prime minister’s phone…